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were bottle nose dolphins. They were of a gray green color with some areas 
brownish. The snout was short and there was a decided indentation on the 
dorsal side of the snout at the point where it merged into the heaa and body 
region. 
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he weather last night was quite rough and the ship pitched a great 
deal.- Books and our chair fell over numerous times in the room. I am 
having an increasing difficult time sleeping at night due to the movement 
of the ship. I waks up many times during the night and can't get back to 
sleep. I am still feeling pretty seasick and have little desire to do any 
work. 
Since yesterday afternoon we hive noted more Laysan albatross and greater 
numbers of black-toots around the ship. Frequently the number gets so high 
that it is impossible to make an accurate count. We recorded Harcourt's storm 
petrel today, and are beginning to see Bonin Island petrels at sea. Also 
several small dark petrels which may have been sooty petrels. We saw very 
few sooty terns today and more gray-backs. 
Two groups of small whales were observed this morning} perhaps black 
fish but the identification is only based on a fleeting glimpse. 
We crossed into another time zone today} at 1600 all clocks were set 
back to 1500. 
This evening we tried the spotlight on the fantail ana also one on the 
bridge. We also tried pointing a spotlight up into the air. But no birds 
were seen at all. I pickeo up many glowing red- eyes in the sea with the 
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